Yan Shujin coughed a few times and said, "Aunt Yu, have you told the doctor about my condition?"
Aunt Yu said, "Princess, don't worry, I've already told you."
The doctor breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, fearing that Aunt Yu's words reflected the princess's intentions. He sat on a stool brought by a maid and carefully took Yan Shujin's pulse. It wasn't anything serious; she had simply caught a chill and developed a fever: "The princess has been overthinking things and caught a cold..."
After the doctor finished speaking, Yan Zhili said, "Please prescribe the medicine first, and Aunt Yu will go and watch over it."
"yes."
Aunt Yu led the doctor out.
Yan Zhili then stepped forward, looked at his pale-faced daughter, and said, "Silly child, your father is here for you."
Yan Shujin's eyes were red, and she coughed a few times before she could open her mouth: "Dad, I feel unwell."
Yan Zhili first dismissed everyone in the room, and only when the three of them were left did he whisper, "Don't be afraid. What I said yesterday was just to remind you, lest you forget yourself."
"I know," Yan Shujin said pitifully. "I just couldn't sleep. I felt suffocated, so I went to stand by the window for a while."
Liu Qin listened from the side. Although she didn't know exactly what Yan Zhili and Yan Shujin had said yesterday that made Bao Jie sick, she had a general idea. Yan Zhili thought that her words had frightened Bao Jie, which caused her to fall ill. As for Bao Jie... the way she pinched her hand back then was probably a mystery.
However, these thoughts only flashed through Liu Qin's mind for a moment. He didn't show it on his face. After the father and daughter finished talking, he tucked the blanket around Yan Shujin and said, "Sister Bao, sleep for a while. Drink your porridge and take your medicine."
Yan Shujin agreed and obediently closed her eyes.
Liu Qin didn't even glance at Yan Zhili, and ordered the maids to come back in to serve him. Yan Zhili touched his nose guiltily.
The maid quickly brought over the porridge. Liu Qinwei drank half a bowl of porridge for Yan Shujin, then fed her daughter the medicine that Aunt Yu had brought. After Yan Shujin fell asleep, she instructed the maid to take good care of her before returning to her room to wash up.
Yan Zhili followed behind Liu Qin and said, "Qin's mother, it's my fault, please don't be angry."
Liu Qin first dismissed the maids and servants, then looked at Yan Zhili with red eyes and said, "I only have two children, Baojie and Guige. They are my life. Husband... I know Baojie is intelligent, but she is still a child. What if something happens to her? How can I live?"
Yan Zhili also felt some regret and said, "It was my fault."
Liu Qin wrung out a cloth and gave it to Yan Zhili, saying, "Husband, if there's anything you need to say in the future, break it down and talk to the children carefully. Show them more care and concern."
Upon hearing the last sentence, Yan Zhili tightened her grip on the handkerchief, a bitter feeling welling up inside her, and said, "I understand."
Liu Qin helped Yan Zhili wash up and said, "Baojie values her family the most and is kind-hearted. She killed someone to protect us. To avoid worrying us, she was fine during the day, but she would secretly cry every night. She couldn't eat meat for several months. Later, she pretended to be very fierce. Actually, she was also sad. It's all because I was too incompetent to protect my family, which caused Baojie to have to stand up for herself at such a young age."
Yan Zhili felt a pang of pain in his heart. His delicate and soft daughter had to pretend to be like that in order to protect her grandmother, mother, and younger brother. She must have cried many times in secret at night. Just like yesterday, Baojie only said she understood in front of him, but at night, she probably didn't want them to worry and secretly cried. If she hadn't been sick, probably none of them would have known. Even he thought Baojie was calm and strong enough.
Even if his daughter is very intelligent, she still needs his protection.
Yan Zhili wiped his face hard with a cloth. If Baojie had always had him protecting her, she wouldn't be so strong-willed now, because if she hadn't been strong, she wouldn't have been able to protect her family.
But Baojie's personality has already become like this, and it's not good to force her to change. Yan Zhili handed the cloth to Liu Qin and said, "Don't worry, I will lead Baojie forward from now on. No matter what she wants to do, I will protect her."
Yan Zhili recalled Mr. Du's evaluation of Bao Jie: she was smart and ambitious, always knowing what she wanted, but her weakness was that she cared too much about her family, and inevitably lost her sense of proportion when it came to her family.
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